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February 21, 2019
Marylee McDonald

You've mapped out the plot, planned the climax, and developed your characters, but is your story tense? Could you make it even more tense? Our February speaker will show you how to step around the low tension quicksand. You'll learn five ways to boost tension in passages of dialogue, action, and exposition, and you'll take home a handout that will help you get started on revision.

Acclaimed author and educator Marylee MacDonald was the Writer-in-Residence for the City of Mesa Public Library. She has published widely in literary magazines and won many literary prizes, including the Barry Hannah Prize, and she has taught for the Piper Center at ASU.

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Glendale Chocolate Affaire

Glendale Chocolate Affaire

February 9, 2018 - February 11, 2018Glendale, AZ, USA

Valley of the Sun Romance Writers has offered SinC Desert Sleuths Chapter time slots at their booth to sign and sell books. All slots have been filled at this time.

The third Wednesday of each month Desert Sleuths convenes in the Wall Street Room at Grimaldi’s Pizzeria (4000 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251) in Old Town Scottsdale. Member-authors are welcome to bring their books to sell at meetings. No RSVPs needed. Attendees pay for their own meals.

Every month we meet to hone our skills, learn how to get published, promote our work, and network with other crime fiction writers. Our speakers include law enforcement officers, publishers, editors, and other authors.